mswinext.exe
MSN Toolbar by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
Overview
mswinext.exe has 2 known versions, the most recent one is 4.0.0401.0. mswinext.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 235.34 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Microsoft Corporation by the certification authority Microsoft Corporation. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0026% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 33.35 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 53.32 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 13.58 KB per minute for reads and 10.78 KB per minute for writes.
Details |
File name: | mswinext.exe |
Publisher: | Microsoft Corp. |
Product name: | MSN® Toolbar |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\msn toolbar\platform\4.0.0357.1\mswinext.exe |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
Effective date: | Wednesday, October 22, 2008 |
Expiration date: | Friday, January 22, 2010 |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of mswinext.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'MSN Toolbar' → "C:\Program Files\MSN Toolbar\Platform\4.0.0357.1\mswinext.exe"
All file variations of mswinext.exe